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Show B THE MARKING OF H HIGHWAYS B Ono of tho best results of automo- B ,)" travel Is a general effort for BVAv the better marking of highways with 1 guldoboards. Tho samo thing Idea B npplics equally well In towns, whero B there Is commonly a lack of proper B marking of Htreet corners, which Is B Irritating to visitors nnd newcomers. B j In rural sections Important rond B junctions havo commonly at some H time or other been marked by guldo B I .boards. These always used to be BBBBJ dimply wood signs, with painted dl- H lections. In a few years tho paint B Is wiishcd off, and with the closest B scrutiny It may bo Impossible to do- B cipher tho lemtutnts of the Informn- H I It Is a common oxpcrlcnco with thu B j old fashioned guldubonrd, to read that H ' a certnln town is tun miles away. H Aftor you travel thrco miles more, B you will probably find another guide B board to tho effect that that town Is B miles away, V Within the past )ear or two auto- Hf mobile associations and highway de- H pnrtmonts havo planted many road B signs, giving routes nnd distances as B Wc" aa warliiK motorists against H ilangorous places. By ono of tho H I perversities of human nature, these B Blgna are often uprooted by vandals H within a few weeks after thoy aro H erected. Hoys uso them as targets B for stnno throwing and boys of old- B I c growth as marks for moro deadly B In towns street signn suffer slml- VAyfl larly. Idlo boys enjoy the reputation B I of outlawry nnd of good marksman- B nhlp acquired by planting a rock K- nquarely on a moro or loss fragile B Nothing adds moro to tho comfort B t of a travolcr than clear markings of B a tho highway. Nothing makes a town bbbbbV'-c rm BBBBBK ''BBBBBm BBBBBBBBBBBBBBM ' BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBK bVBBBBBBBBBBBV BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBD IbbbbbKbbbbbbbbbV BBBBBBBBBBBBBhii' BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBb'' BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBLBBBBBBBBBBBBmBBBB1B1 I seem moro convenient nnd up to date i thnn tho careful marking of corners with names of streets. Tho man or tho boy who destroys or Injures ono of these signs Is hurting tho reputation reputa-tion of his home town for civic spirit. |